Mimi
This was so good for the first 67% and I just could not put it down. It was a solid 4 stars and hit a “maybe-reread” reread rating. Age gap dark romance with a bad guy mafia MMC who on the outside is charming, generous, handsome but to the female lead shows his obsessive and dark side. He’s jealous, ruthless and doesn’t make empty threats. There is abuse and non con. The FMC initially is enamoured with him but when forced in captivity and forced to marry him, becomes utterly terrified of him. Time jumps can disrupt flow in a lot of books but it was well written and done well in this book.
What ruined the book was the male lead’s tragic backstory. I didn’t mind the male lead softening towards the female lead but the tragic backstory of how the male lead came to be how he is seemed like a forced attempt justify him to make him a good guy. It would have worked better if he was just a bad guy who showed his worst side because how obsessed he was. The male lead became too soft to the female lead as well. He suddenly became scared of her and while I didn’t mind him softening, that was too much and seemed out of character
It completely changed this story to a just OK rating and I wouldn’t reread this book.
This was so good for the first 67% and I just could not put it down. It was a solid 4 stars and hit a “maybe-reread” reread rating. Age gap dark romance with a bad guy mafia MMC who on the outside is charming, generous, handsome but to the female lead shows his obsessive and dark side. He’s jealous, ruthless and doesn’t make empty threats. There is abuse and non con. The FMC initially is enamoured with him but when forced in captivity and forced to marry him, becomes utterly terrified of him. Time jumps can disrupt flow in a lot of books but it was well written and done well in this book.
What ruined the book was the male lead’s tragic backstory. I didn’t mind the male lead softening towards the female lead but the tragic backstory of how the male lead came to be how he is seemed like a forced attempt justify him to make him a good guy. It would have worked better if he was just a bad guy who showed his worst side because how obsessed he was. The male lead became too soft to the female lead as well. He suddenly became scared of her and while I didn’t mind him softening, that was too much and seemed out of character
It completely changed this story to a just OK rating and I wouldn’t reread this book.